Fare register and recorder.



J. P. OHMER, E. H. BRIDENBAUGH & H. NELSON. FARE REGISTER AND RECORDER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 7, 1906.

908,028. Patented Dec. 29. 1908.

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NIIZLREGISTEREII J. F. OHMER, E. H. BRIDENBAUGH & H. N ELSON FARE- REGISTER AND RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED APE. 7, 1906.

908,028. Patented Dec.29,1908.

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W F. OHMER, EL- MER TI. BRInENBAUeH,'and HARRY NELsoN,

" citizens of the United States, residing at j f Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and- 'lseful Improvements in Fare Registers and Recorders; and we do declare the following t'o beafull, clear, and exact description 'of 'skilled'in the art to. Which'it appertains to make andus'e the same, reference being had totheaccompanyingdrawings, and to the on, which form a part of this specification. This invention relates to improvements in fare register-and recording machines of the typeshown and described in Letters Patent No- 718,869 issued to one of the applicants .20

herein named January 20, 1903. I

The invention'comprises means for locking V the machine against operation while the trip .Wheels are being turned to zero, and after they are turned, to zero remaining locked unthe operation of taking such record serving to unlock the machine which Was placed in a i locked position in the operation of turning drawings, of which Figure 1, is a front elevation of our imwith the casing removed. Figs. .2 and 3,

are respectively, views of the opposite sides of the machine with th'e'ca'sing removed.

Fi gL- l, is a vertical sectional elevation of the lower portion of the machine showing the anism therefor, together with the bellsounding mechanism. Fig. 5, 1s a detail elevation of the upper portion of Fig. 4, the fare printing counters being omitted. Fig. 6, is a. detached detail view of one of the indeif 1: pendentactuating members of the fare printing, counters. Fig. 7, is a detail view shove if ing the'relation or'connection between such ratchet devices of a fare printing counter.

independent actuatingmember and the Fig. 8 is a detached view of "the pawl which i retards the movementof the counters, pregg' vents an overthrow. thereofand locks said the invention, such as will enable others letters and figures of reference'marked there-- l5 til the printing devices are actuated to makel a record of the fares registered and recorded;

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ldesignates the various parts of the stationary frame-work of the machine, mounted in the lower portion of which are two banks of fare-printingcounters 12, each of such counters being devoted to a specific class of fares. These fare printing counters are grou ed upon a shaft 3 and are actuatedina wel known manner from transfer wheels 4 grou ed u on a shaft 5. The unit wheel of ea'ci of t e transfer wheels 4 is driven from a ratchet wheel 6 fixed to :the face thereof, and said ratchet wheel 6 is actuated from a-driving pawl 7 which is carried upon a pawl-su porting arm 8 loosely mounted on the. sha t 5. The arm 8 and the end of the pawl 7 projects into arecess in the body'of an actuating member 9 of which there is one for each of the fare printing counters. end of the arm 8 and the pawl 7 are positively' engaged by shoulders 10 and 11 on said operating member 9 and thus positive movements are imparted. to the pawl 7 when thesaidoperating'member 9'is moved in either of its vertical positions. As shown iii-Fig. 4,the lower shoulder 11 will engage the end of the awl 7 andits supporting arm 8 and-will nnpart a positive and definite -movement to the ratchet wheel 6 to record and indicate a fare Engaging the unit wheel of the transfer wheels 4 and adapted to aline or presentthe printing counters 2 i'n'prop'er alinement, is a roller 12 supported upon a spring arm 13 fixed to the lower end of theframe-work 1. This stop or roller 12 is held by the sprin 13 in the space between the teeth of the w eels 4 as said wheels are rotated and to thus cause a proper alinement-of said wheels at the limit of, each movement thereof.

14 designates a retaining member in the nature of a spring bar or arm which has one end secured to the frame portion 1 and its other end engaging the teeth of the ratchet wheel 6 on the side opposite to the actuating pawl .7; this device revents an overthrow of the transferiwhee ls' 4 in the operations- The follows:

each fare printing counter is a bell 15 which is sounded upon each operation of a remective counter to record and' indicate a fare through the following devices: Each of the independent actuating members 9 has extending therefrom an arm 16 which, in the upward movement of said actuating member 9, engages a projection 17 on shaft 19 in the upper portion of the frame-work. The arm 18 is fixed to the shaft 19 and is .held normally in the position shown in Figs. 4 or 5, by means of a spring 20 which is coiled around an adjacent part of the shaft 19 and extends under said arm 18. The arm 18 carries a bell-striking ortion 21 which engages its bell 15 after t e arm 16 on the independent actuating member 9 has engaged the projection 17 in its upward movementand has released said projection 17 in its return movement. 'There is thus provided a separate signal for each fare registered, recorded and indicated, and in order that these bells may be different in their intonations so that the registration of each class of fares may give a different audible indication as well as a visual indication, the bells are of different sizes. The bell tappet 21 is seated in the arm 18 and is maintained in proper position relative to the hell by a spring 22 which is supported on the lower projecting end of said tappet.

The means for locking the machine against operation while the trip wheels are being turned to zero, and for allowing the machine to so remain until the rinting or impression devices are actuate is as A locking lever 23 shown more clearly in Fig. 1, performs the function'in conjunction with other mechanism, of lock ing the' machine when the trip counters or wheels 27 are being set to zero; this lever 23 is fulcrumed at 24 and has its lower end turned as shown in Fig. 3. The upper end of said lever lies in proximity to a stop or lug 25 rojected from the transverse oscillating ar 26. The oscillating bar 26 is instrumental in impartin movement to the trip counters or whee s 27 through a connecting arm 28, and the said oscillating bar or member 26 is actuated in a well known manner by the laterally-projecting ends 9 of the independent operating memhers 9see Fig. 4. These elements con sistin of the transverse oscillating bar 26 and t e independent operating members 9 with their part 9', together with the trip counters-or wheels 27 are substantially the same as the parts having similar functions in many of the prior patents of John F. Ohmer one of the present applicants, for example, see Patents Nos. 718,869 and 694,322.

As shown in Fig. 1, the locking lever 23 engages the sto 25 and in such position the machine is loc ed against operation, the trip counters27 having been set to zero.

eeaoas The locking lever 23 has been moved to such position by an arm 29 which moves upon a pivot 30, such movement being imparted to said arm 29 from the disk 31. This disk 31 is rigid upon shaft 32 which is mounted parallel to the shaft 34 upon which the trip counters or wheels 27 are mounted, and the said shaft 32 has longitudinally-slim ing movement by means of a finger-piece 35; in such movement, the disk 31 actuates the lower end of the arm or lever 29 inwardly to engage the arm or locking lever 23 to move it into the position shown in Fig. 1.

It will beunderstood that in the normal position of the locking lever 23, it stands outward to the right from the position it now occupies in Fig. 1. The lever or arm 29 is of a form to project on each side of the disk 31 so that in either movement of the shaft 32, said arm 29 will be rocked upon its pivot 30. The shaft 32 is instrumental in setting the trip wheels or counters 27 to zero through the instrumentality of the following devices which are fully described in Patent No. 718,869, and which will be only briefly described herein: The shaft 32 has rigidly mounted u on it a broad-faced pinion 36 34, and through this wheel 36, movement is imparted to said shaft 34 to turn the trip counters or wheels 37 to zero, which is accomplished by turning shaft 32 from the finger-piece 35. The ratio of movement. of the wheel 36 is approximately two and one quarter revolution to one revolution of the spur wheel 37, so that a slower movement is transmitted to the shaft of the trip wheels as compared with the movement of the shaft 32. This variation of movement is important as it prevents a needless speed being imparted to the trip wheels in setting them. to zero. The shaft 32 is held-in its inner position as shown in Fig. 1, by a coil spring 38 secured thereto.

In the operations of setting the trip counters to zero, the shaft 32 is drawn outwardlyand the disk 31 actin upon the arm 29 moves the locking mem er 23 to the position shown in Fig. 1 which interlocks with the I projection or arm 25 which, as before stated, extends from the transverse oscillating bar 26; the shaft 32 is then turned to rotate the trip counters. The machine is then left in such position and a printed statement is taken and by means of which operation, the locking lever 23 is moved outwardly from the projection 25 through the following devices: 40 desi nates an angular lever pivoted at .41 81M. connected to the locking lever 23 by a bar or link 42; the said angular lever 40 has an extension 43 which projects through a slot 44 in one end of a bell crank lever 45 which is fulcrumed at 46 on the side of the framefully described in" former patents grantee lever 23. is mounted-see Fig.

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' one of the applicants herein, for example,

seePatent' 694,322, hereinbefore referred 'tofiI'n" the operations of taking printed statements, a key. is inserted in. an

"aperture in thee'iid ofthe shaft 49 opposite to that end which supports the wheel 48; the movement thus'iniparted to said shaft 49 is also'imp'arted to the printing devices in the operations :of turning the key so inser-ted As these various printing or impression devices are not embraced within the scope of the present invention, and as they form the subject -matter of prior %atents which have been issued to John F.

hmer, one of the present applicants, it is not thought necessary to further describe such printing devices, but it will be understood that in turning the printing shaft 49 in taking records or statements, the wheel 48 is likewise actuated. At the completion of taking such records or statements, the trip lug 47 engages the depending end 45 of the bell crank lever 45 and actuates the same and therefrom the lever is actuated and from which the locking lever 23 is thrown outwardly away from the stop or arm 25, and in a position to be engaged by the-lever or arm 29 in the next operation of withdrawing the shaft 32 preparatory to setting the trip counters 27 to zero. The other function of the Wheel 48. is to impart movement to the inking roller which is suported 'on two swinging'arms 50 which are ulcrumed on opposite sides of the framework of the machine, and are engaged at their lower ends by trip lugs 51 projected from the inner sides of wheels. 48, there being one of such wheels 48 on each side of the machine. A new and additional function of one of these wheels 48 is to carry the trip lug 47 for the-bell crank lever 45 before referred to.

The means for cushioning the visual fare indicators or tablets 52 is shown in Fig. 3 and consist of plungers 53 which are mounted in sockets in a transverse portion of the frame-work, and are held down in their sockets by springs 54.

The laterally-extendmg portions 52 of said indicators engage the lower ends of said plungers 53 and said indicators are thus cushioned at the limit of theirindicating positions and the parts aiiected by the actuating membersg are prevented from destructive impacts or unnecessary contact in completin their movements. In thus cushioning the impact of the fare indicator tablets, the independent operating members through which the fare rinting counters, the fare indicators, and t s trip wheels or countersjare operated, it will} be understood,

arelikewisecushioned. The flash 55, which is instrumental in calling attention toincomplet e"operations of the machine, the direction 5 indicator, and various =rnterdepemhng parts 1. In a fare register and recorder, fare counters, longitudinally and rotatably movable means t'or settingsaid fare counters to zero," and means actuated bythe farecounter-setting mechanism during the longitudinal movement thereof to lock the machine against operation while the counters are being set to zero.

2. In a fare register and recorder, trip counters, setting mechanism movable both longitudinally and rotatably and through which said trip counters are set to zero, fare printing counters, means for making impressions from said fare printing counters, means actuated to lock the machine while setting the trip counters to Zero, and means for unlocking the machine in the operations of taking the impressions from the printing counters.

3. In a fare register and recorder, trip counters, means movable longitudinally and rotatably for setting said trip counters to zero, means for locking the machine against operation, said means being actuated while the trip counters are being set to zero, and printing mechanism, the operation of which unlocks the machine.

4. In a fare register and recorder, fare counters, means for setting said counters to Zero, means for locking the machine against operation while the counters are being set to zero, and printing devices, the actuation of which unlocks the machine.

5. In a fare register and recorder, fare counters, means movable both longitudinally and rotatably for setting said counters to Zero, a locking lever actuated by thecounter-setting mechanism in the longitudinal movement thereof to place the machine in a locked posifare printing counters, means for taking impressions from said printing counters, means actuated by the locking lever during the operation of setting the trip counters to zero and whereby the machine is locked, and means actuated during the operations of taking im ressions from the counters and through which the locking lever is actuated to unlock the machine. 1

7 In a fare register and recorder, trip counters, means movable both longitudinally and rotatably for setting said counters to .zero, a locking lever and cooperating means movable to a position to lock the machine 'While the trip counters are being set to zero,

means for taking a record of the fares shown upon said counters, a bell crank lever accrank lever by which said locking lever and tuated by said recording means, and connections' between the locking lever and the bell the fares are registered on said trip wheels,

means movable both longitudinally and rotatably for setting said trip Wheels to zero, a lever, a stop'on the oscillating member cooperating with said lever to lock the machine, said lever being actuated by the counter-setting meansjin the longitudinal movement therof and While the trip Wheels or counters are being set to zero, and means for moving said locking lever to unlock the machine after said trip wheels or counters are set to zero.

--In;testimony whereof We affix our signatures, in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN F; OHMER; ELMER H. BRIDENBAUGH,

HARRY NELSON.

Witnesses:

C. M. THEQBALD, R. J. MCCARTY. 

